yoursdp.org Archives - 23 December 2011, Friday

Indeed, sensing the urgency of the situation and the alarm of the people of Singapore, the Prime Minister himself cut short his holiday and returned home. These measures are to be welcomed. As we mentioned in our statement, the public transport system is the arterial base of the commu...

said that the SMRT was a private entity and onus is on the company - not the government - to ensure that their premises are safe and secure. The Minister was responding to criticisms that the PAP Government had not done a proper job in ensuring adequate security in the MRT system afte...

Chia Thye Poh may be forgiven for thinking that after 33 years in confinement, people from both ends of the Causeway have relegated him to the annals of history. On the evidence of the reception he received at the Confucian Private Secondary School in Lorong Hang Jebat here yesterday,...

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"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" This was a question that author and activist Naomi Klein tackled in her talk at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference lecture. She was speaking on the subject of climate change but used it to address the issue...

The PAP is quick (and often unjustifiably so) to seize on accolades about anything Singaporean and cover itself with glory. But when it makes a blunder, its cowardly instincts take over: It finds a scapegoat and points the finger at others. We saw this in the Mas Selamat howler where ...

These breakdowns have taken place across many months and not days as Mr Lui says. Alarmingly, some of them occurred on the same day or just days apart. The list above is, of course, not exhaustive. In 2010, there were 28 disruptions to MRT services. The number was 17 as of October thi...

The Singapore Democrats recently marked World Human Rights Day on 10 December with this video message from Ms Teo Soh Lung. But the PAP insists that human rights - and by extension, democracy - is a Western concept alien to the Asian mindset. We present below historical facts to demon...

And make money he did. By 2004 Geraint Anderson was drawing an annual income of $1 million with Dresdner Kleinwort where he worked. His views on the stockmarket were even sought by business cable news networks like CNBC. Traders, Anderson adds, "want to make out like they're doing som...

But herein lies the problem. It was the push for de-regulation of the banking system in the US that has led to the mess that we are witnessing across the world in such an unprecedented scale. The process to de-regulate the financial system started in the 1980s when US bankers pushed f...

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Ms Surayah Akbar spoke up against human trafficking and called on the Government to do more to tackle the on-going in Singapore. Ms Suraya, a leading member of the SDP's women wing, delivered an impassioned speech at the Slutwalk event held at Hong Lim Park on Sunday. Organisers of th...

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The longest-serving political prisoner in the Asian history, former Singapore member of parliament Chia Thye Poh, 70 years old, was awarded the Lim Lian Geok Spirit Award today, which is announced by the LLG Cultural Development Centre at a press conference. The reason for his winning...

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Not many know that today our top civil servants, those in the staff grade and top super scale are already being paid a nett total of $1-$2million p.a. Including the various bonuses. These include the Supreme Court judges, the SAF and Police chiefs, the Perm Secs and CEOs of Stat Board...

Given the might of the corporate interests in the US, however, concerns for the welfare and rights of workers were brushed aside and the USSFTA was quickly passed by the US Government. Pandering to MNCs MNCs, being the entities that they are, are on the constant look out for low tax r...

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Given the might of the corporate interests in the US, however, concerns for the welfare and rights of workers were brushed aside and the USSFTA was quickly passed by the US Government. Pandering to MNCs MNCs, being the entities that they are, are on the constant look out for low tax r...

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A little before 11am last Saturday morning, Young PAP members addressed a small group that had, according to its Facebook page, “trickled” into Speakers’ Corner to hear a call for lower public transport fares for polytechnic students at an event called "Wear White for Fairer Fare". Po...

It must be so bizarre that the one person who loves you beyond words and whom you also love the most in this world goes on to make you a widow – and without polite notice! So it is the case with my beloved. As I stepped off the plane, I received a text message sent a few hours ago tha...

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Top-secret documents held by the British Government, now declassified, reveal some jaw-dropping facts about Lee Kuan Yew and how he came to power. When Lim Chin Siong, another of Lee Kuan Yew's prisoners, died in 1996, the PAP was equally anxious to make sure that Lim's portrayal as a...

Great speech, but I would say that it is a good identification of the problems that we face in Singapore, but there is a severe lack of understanding on why it occurred. He fails to realize that all the problems are the result of government intervention into the market, ie a result of...

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Much criticism has been leveled at the excessive amounts PAP ministers pay themselves. However, there has not been any in-depth study about the level of remuneration cabinet ministers should receive. Until now, that is. The Singapore Democrats has published a position entitled Ethical...

Chee told them he couldn't be present in person because bankrupted by Goh and the Lees. But his audience should know that being bankrupt by itself did not keep him from leaving for overseas. He could not go because permission to leave was denied him. And the denial, if proper by law, ...

It is clear: Opposition parties that present an alternative programme advocating reform of the autocratic system will get little coverage whereas parties that abide by the PAP system or even subscribe to it are promoted. The media cannot give any meaningful coverage to the Singapore D...

This report is not balanced because it only focuses on the apparent "injustices" done to the Wijaya family. The issue of David having done some "research" on suicides and his draft of a suicide note have been omitted. We can allude that he was under much pressure, perhaps from the fam...

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The family of David Hartanto Widjaja, an Indonesian student who died at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on March 2, and a local verification team doubt the Singaporean court process of his death. The coroner court under the subordinate court in Singapore has been pr...

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People know why they are suffering, they are complaining about the cost of living going up and they don't know why. Whether their wages are stagnant or not, or whether there is an income gap between them and the rich is not of any concern. People want to know why prices for food and e...

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It is totally shameless that the PAP will use the "citizenship" as a political tool to ensnare those who managed to escape from their vindictive clutch. When the PAP Minister Wong Kang Seng introduced the Bill in Parliament that will remove "citizenship" of Singaporeans who stayed awa...

Egalitarianism mean equal, but the true nature of equal in egalitarianism means that people should be treated equally regardless of race, language or religion, i.e. exactly what we have in our pledge. In other words, it should be a society where the rule of law applies equally to ever...

The young people occupying Wall Street and now protesting in several dozen American cities are not a "mob," the ugly deprecation thrown at them by Congressman Eric Cantor. They are channeling sentiments felt very widely throughout the country, indeed the world. Their defining message,...

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The worldwide wave of protest is the latest chapter in this year's story of global people power. In Egypt, people took over Tahrir Square and toppled their dictator. In India, one man's fast brought millions onto the streets and the government to its knees - winning real action to end...

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All societies and peoples strive for development. But how do we define development and how does diversity contribute to development? In a time where multiple perspectives are challenging accepted wisdom, how will a commitment to diversity of opinions and approaches advance development...

Chee told them he couldn't be present in person because bankrupted by Goh and the Lees. But his audience should know that being bankrupt by itself did not keep him from leaving for overseas. He could not go because permission to leave was denied him. And the denial, if proper by law, ...